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Have a good, genial young man or wo- 

 man to take charge of this part of the 

 display, who can actually put a section 

 together, and put in the foundation or 

 wire a frame in a neat and rapid man- 

 ner, and, at the same time, answer 

 many of the questions that will be 

 asked, in a concise and pleasing way. 



Contrary to the opinions of some, I 

 would use my best endeavors to get all 

 goods put up in the most approved 

 packages, but would insist that all 

 goods should be shown in the package 

 used by its producer, as the package is 

 as much a part of the display as are 

 the goods themselves. In this way a 

 prospective purchaser could determine 

 at once which bee-keeper he would 

 prefer to deal with by his exhibit at 

 the Fair; and, again, the producer 

 could see his own products, and com- 

 pare them with his neighbors', and 

 thereby gain useful information. 



R. A. MORGAN. 



President York — Is there any one 

 who wishes to add anything to what 

 Mr. Morgan has said, or comment 

 ■upon it? Who have made exhibits at 

 Fairs? Mr. Holtermann and Mr. Wil- 

 cox. 



Mr. Wilcox — I have not made ex- 

 hibits of any importance; I have been 

 Judge of exhibits for several years; I 

 have seen a great many very fine ones. 



Mr. Holtermann — I might say that 

 I think it is a very important point, 

 that of making a display at Fairs. I 

 have not shown any for ten years, but 

 back of that, for fifteen years, I fol- 

 lowed it right up. I feel that I am 

 indebted to any one who makes a good 

 display of bees and honey at a fair. 

 This is a means of bringing attention 

 to honey, and is a good medium of 

 increasing the demand for honey. 



There are certain things in con- 

 nection with prize lists which I have 

 had in mind for quite a while, and 

 that is, that in putting down that upon 

 which the prize is awarded, there 

 should be as little latitude as possible 

 allowed to the judge to decide. For 

 instance: I was judge of a Flower 

 and Honey Show in Toronto recently; 

 the question came up with regard to 

 a display suitable for a grocer's win- 

 dow, and award given upon it. One 

 of the men claimed that a grocer's 

 space was very valuable in a window. 

 As a rule, I don't think a grocer's 

 space in a window is very valuable; 



he said the exhibit should be confined 

 to a very small area. That led me to 

 the conclusion that it would be well 

 to limit the space upon which the ex- 

 hibit should stand. 



Then there was another point: I 

 considered that, in awarding that 

 prize, the kind of package should be 

 considered. What is meant when it 

 says, "Suitable Grocer's Window." I 

 thought the packages should be as 

 large as possible. There was one man 

 who had a pretty exhibit, made of 

 very small stuff, fancy, and I didn't 

 feel like awarding him the prize on 

 that ground. The same way as was 

 mentioned this morning, about bees- 

 wax — there is a diversity of opinion 

 about beeswax. 



If we are going to give the exhibitor 

 the best chance, we should, as much 

 as possible, make the prize list read 

 so it cannot be misinterpreted, either 

 by the exhibitor or the judge. 



This matter 6f showing bees at 

 Fairs, I think, should be given as 

 much attention as possible. People 

 who come to Fairs, see these demon- 

 straitions, and talk about them; tell 

 their neighbors about what they saw, 

 and the result is to make the people 

 have the honey brought to their at- 

 tention, and create a demand for it. 

 We could easily sell one hundred 

 pounds of honey, where we are selling 

 one today, and one of the means of 

 doing that is, by making proper dis- 

 plays at Fairs, both State and County. 



Mr. Anderson^What is a display of 

 honey? I will explain: At a certain 

 County Fair, one gentleman had 

 four jars of extracted white clover 

 honey, all alike; another, three — 

 one of buckwheat, one of wihite 

 clover, and one between the two. 

 Which had the best display; the one 

 that had four of one color, or the one 

 that had three of different colors? 

 • Mr. Holtermann — ^We would not call 

 that a display in our Canadian coun- 

 try. I think the proper way is to 

 specify in a display something as to 

 the quantity which should be shown; 

 that is the way I should say. Some 

 people say if you have it in fancy col- 

 ored bottles, that is a display of 

 honey; that is not a display of honey; 

 that is a display of glass. Now, of 

 course, I don't know just how legally 

 to settle that point; I would give it to 

 the one that had variety, instead of 

 one kind. 



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